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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28

tention sxcspt whsn a sarthquaks sum.
bles them from their hutD Of reeds and
poles. The death and burial customs Of
this singular people are unique and say.
age-like when desth occurs, the women
wrap the corpse IN Q loose sack, and
place IN the right hand (if the dccedent
be man) q bow and arrows, and cover
the face and portion Of the body with
. coating Of rocou and genipa (red and
black). A calabash ID bound over the
face to furnish the dead with drinking
cup should he be 20 fortunate % TO reach
. land where water flows. After this
ceremony the body 10 wrapped with
straps cut from the skin Of Z freshly
killed seal, and placed on the ground In
Q hut with the head toward the east. This
done, the women proceed to execute
dance-aroun the dead, singing all the
while . doleful funeral song called chi.
sjngui
Sunset sees the corpse put into . large
earthen jar which, having previously
been sealed up with . mixture Of wood
and clay, is Inferred at the very place
where the women performed their orgies,
and the burial rites, which have taken up
the best part Of day, are concluded.
The ground beneath many Conibo hut
10 veritable graveyard, and when 1t
cannot receive any more dead, another
hut is erected at q convenient distance.
1t must not be supposed from the saw
age customs just described that the
Conibos possess no ingenuity. A sup.
wrong these dwellers on the banks Of
the winding Ucayl. The Conibo women
excel in the manufacture Of pottery and
Marrnv Suho aaVu vn,,rh 0f fho3r Vvnrk
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tions Of . periodical star, WHO'S ~
was something more than three oontut (
The period from ol5 70 1874 Wo6s
years, and that from 1854 70 1871 Woo & 3
years. This variation Of period doe ~.
necessarily disprove the theory thas ~
star was periodical one, because ~ 1
stars are. not infrequently someWhn
irregular in their changes. The meaa ~
the two periods given 10 818t years, ~;
on this basis We might expect, n ~
theory were true, that the star shoud -
pear at any time now, its assumed me6m
period having been passed in 1850. ~
we carry back the mean period from ~,
we find that the star was due somewhere
this is all the ground there was for IL
assumption that II was actually the stat
the magi saw when they were led ~
night to the manger in which the chil0
Christ lay.
That this theory Of the periodicity of
Tycho's great star may be founded on
fact is something that perhaps no astron-
omer would absolutely deny, although ho
would most certainly hold that the evi.
dence in favor of 1t Is altogether incon .
elusive and unsatisfactory. The bare
possibility, however, that the star may
reappear, and the fact that II It 10 to reap.
pear the time is now ripe for It, give
great interest to the speculations concern.
ing it; and If Mr.. Klein had really dis,
covered what he claimed to have discov.
cred, while 1t cannot be said that ~.
would have immortalized his name, ~
would at least have been the bearer q
exceedingly interesting tidings.
If that star does ever shine out again,
however, it will probably be exceedfngly
difficult to determine who ito first disc0vs
erer is, for 80 brilliant Q phenomenCn
suddenly appearing in the heavens could
not fail to attract Immediately hundreds
and thousands of eyes in all parts Of the
world. In order that any of my readers
who may be disposed to keep an outlook
for the ''Star Of Bethlehem" may know
where to look for It have made little
sketch of the constellation Cassiopeia,
showing where the star was in Tycho
Brahe's time. The five largest stars, e
will be observed, form roughly the figure
of letter wv" the open part Of the
letter being turned toward the pole star.
Above the right-hand opening little star
is seen. This is known to astronomer
as Kappa Cassiopeie. The blazing rays
near the star Kappa indicate the place of
Tycho's star.
At this season Uune) Cassiopeia VIM
be seen low in the northeast about ten
or eleven o'clock in the evening. Il
will rise little earlier every night end
in July will be seen in the same position
early in the evening, while at ten o.
eleven o'clock in the middle of that
month it will be comparatively high up
in the sky. Having once recognized the
constellation by means of the peculiar
figure just described, the reader can
keep track of it for himself during the
summer, and there is Just the merest
possibility that he may be rewarded BY
seeing the wonderful star burst forth.
If, however, he is disappointed in that
he will hardly regret having made the
acquaintance of one of the oldest and
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28

to-day a. the Congo was few months
ago. The gigantic Amazon and its impos-
ing tributaries, UcayN and Maranon,
rush through the domains Of some of the
strangest and most interesting of the
earth's Inhabitants. In short, we have
neighbors Of whom we know next to
nothing, and We will proceed to intro
duce them without further ceremony.
A few years since M. Paul Marcoy, .
learned Frenchman, with plenty Of
leisure and money at his command,
journeyed across South America from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. He
traversed the marvellous valley Of the
Amazon, and afterward embodied his
recollections Of the trip in two magnifi-
cent volumes, the cost Of which, unfor-
tunately, excludes them from thousands
of libraries.
II the reader will turn to an accurate
map Of Peru he will easily locate the
Ucayli, which, rising in the Southern
mounta.a system Of the republic, flows
tortuously north to the mother stream.
At the ninth parallel Of south latitude
the Ucsyli 10 Joined by the Pachitea, and
within the elongated territory bounded
by these two rivers, M. Marcoy found the
Conibos.
When the French explorer assembled
the UcayN and entered the country Of
the Conibos, he found people shorn Of
their ancient greatness and decimated
BY useless wars and the ravages Of small
pox. But they were none the less inter-
esting on account Of this.
The Conibos, numbering at this day
about 600 souls, average in stature five
feet three. They have lumpish figures,
prominent chests, round faces and
hiah cheek bones. Small eyes,
oblique and cot wide apart, impart .
queer expression to faces too oval to be
prepossessing therefore Conibo belle,
even when rugged out in savage para
phernalia, falls far short Of being hand
some, although, ~ Msrcoy remarks. the
spherical contour Of the face gives 1t Q
stamp Of 6omAomil not at all disagreeable.
The skin Of these people 10 dark and
rough, the roughness being caused by
the bites Of mosquitoes, which infest the
country, rendering travel through 1t
stages Of torture. Despite these insects
the Conibo women wear scarcely any
garment at all, while the men affect .
sort Of tunic which protects their lordly
bodies from the free-lance of the winged
pest.
AZ might be expected, the Conibos
havs few, II any, social customs. When
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28
POOR AMAsY.
He Would Have Liked Cashmere Trousel
But His wife Said Nay.

He would Have Liked Cashmere Trousers,
But His wife Said Nay.
A tall, heavy, red-faced woman, wearing q
pink gingham sun-bonnet, came into Q
clothing store in Brattleboro', Vt, one day
last week, followed by q weak, harmless
looking little man wearing pair Of cOnspicu-
ously shabby old trousers of faded butternut
1--WE want to git pair Of pants" said the
was about 70 ask, "For YOURSELF" when he
checked himself and turning to the little
old man, asked:
For you, sir?'
"Yes, SIR, ,piped out the little man, tim
idly, "and I'd like real nice" but the
mo, you don't want no real nice ones.
No sich thing. You're the beatinest man to
wear out pants l ever see, anyhow. You
ain't had them breeches you've got on but
three years, an look at EN-. They won't
last six months longer. A man that can't
to have any at all, but I've greed to git you
. pair for Sundays 90 II you'll show me
some good cheap ones, mister, III take 'em,
"rd like 'em with stripes in EN-" said the
vain little old fellow, glancing appealingly
''No you don't" she said, decidedly;
striped breeches come high an know it.'
checks in"
''Yes, you would" was the scornful retort.
And It wouldn't be two years till you'd
have 'em 20 dirty they wouldn't be at to be
seen. No, sir, want something that won't
show dirt-something in . yallerish brown
or greenish gray jeans is the thing"
.'I'd like something in cashmere -"
you'll wear what buy, Amasy Baggs,
an you know II, an leone to think Of Il,
I've got two yards o. gray flannel to home
that I got for me q skirt, but don't need
the skirt, an blamed II can't make you Q
never thought of 1t afore. It's Just what III
do. Come right along. Amasy, and don't
make no more fuss about It. Ready.made
duds is no account nohow."
And AmaSv went right along.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28
THE CARDINAL FLOWER,
There is . Glow About IL That Csnnso
be Surpassed.

There is . Glow About IL That Cannss
be Surpassed.
But when vivid color is wanted what cau
surpass or equal our cardinal fiowerf asks 8;
writerin the July Century. There Is glow
about this flower as if color emanated from =
as from live coal. The eye il bafiled, and
does not seem to reach the surface Of thu
petal. 1t does not see the texture or material,
part as it does in other flowers, but rests In :
steady, still radiance. It is not 20 much
something colored as it is color itself. And
then the moist, cool, shady places 1t afEects,
usually where it has no foral rivals, and
where the large, dark shade needs Just suok
q dab of fire. Often. too, we see & doub1a.
its reflected image in some dark poot
heightening its effect. have never found
it with its only rival in color, the monaslja.
or bee balm, a species of mint FsrtheR
north the cardinal flower seems to fail. and
the monarda takes its place, growing n
similar localities. One may see It about 8
mountain spring or along meadow brook.
or growingsin the shade around the head q
wild mountain lake. 1t stands up two feel
high or more, and the flowers show Hks 8
broad scarlet cap.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28
Japan's Cotton Crop.

An official report to the British govern
ment states that the yearly cotton crop of
Japan is about 3l,OOO,OOO pounds. The
manufacture of the staple is of the most
primitive description. 1t is almost entirely
. domestic industry, gin, spindle and loom
being found in the house of the farmer on
whose land the plant is grown, the
female members of the house doing the
spinning and weaving. The spinning-wheel
differs in no respect from that used in Japan
300 years ago, or from that in use in England
prior to the invention of the Jenny,
except that the wood is bamboo. The cost
Of one of the wheels is about nine pence; it
will last five or six years, and with it wo-
man of ordinary skill can earn two shillings
per day. Small factories are beginning to
spring up, but still the great bulk OF the ma
tive cotton grown is used in the manner de-
Scribed,
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INDIAN KINGS.


PstsntsAss whe Rsls Undsr ths survsil-
ls.os q the Ensiish.
A.. - -. ss...s.o,,. " - 49, .a...sssn .,,;.s
writes correspondent Of the San Francisco
Chronicle describing the Indian princes.
Ha a . man ~ military ;nst;nc4s and has an
!. .ss 49,. as,,i5 q, u -
~ = sslu' .n1s ~. couae' ~. ~ ~
enow roster OF SU'Uo men. Aiter the
rsorranised his aymy upon the German
svstem comnletelv discard,nc th.t ~
u LNr ~.
tne rfencn, wnlcn mao Ooiofe neen NE
model and 20 lar did he carry his con-
tempt, that he deprived some halfbreed
French officers Of the positions they
held in his service on the ground that ma
tion which met with snch terrible defeat in
20 short space of time could not produce
good soldiers. With the exception Of Gwal-
Tor and the late Maharajah of -Jeypore, there
was not Maharajah or Nawab in India
ana debauchsry, Who does not oppress his
people and exact from them the utmost
iarthinR IN order to Rratify his taste for sem
sual pleasure The late MAharajah Of Jey-
pore was, like every other Indian ruler, Q
terrible s dsspos But hi HI. dsspc1tsn he'd !.
ways selected thieves for high Office, whom
when he retired, hecast into prison, and made
them disgorge to him their plunder, while
ali his grateful subjects would cry, Just ID
the FMaharsjah 81 Jeyporer' The early
LIFE Of . native king 10 mot, par
foster the noble qualities that may be inhsr-
ent In . mans character. The senana y .
hotbed ofintrigue. Il - the part of the pal
ace which ID set aside for women, and, -
there are few hundred Of these royal wives,
each OF Of them @ perhaps With one q , more sopps.
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The Appreciation Of Royalty.

The London Bapttss gives the prices paid
at different times for seats to view the royal
professions. In the time of Edward it was
one-half cent on the accession of Richard II
It was two cents. From the coronation of
Henry v to the time of Henry VII it was
four cents; but in the time of Henry VIII
the charge was eight cents, in that of Eliza
beth it was raised to twelve cents, and twenty
fur cents was paid for seat to view the
coronation procession of James I. Sixty
cents was paid in the time of Charles II, and
u 20 in that of William III. At tthe corona
ton of George II the price had risen to 81 so,
and at that Of George Nv people were aston
ished to hear that from Us to s5O was paid;
for the windows Of one house.
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tend for the effects, and the bidding
would be animated II not exciting. AZ
the matter stands, however, they have
to content themselves with picking up
gem here and there.
The diamond merchant is always flush
with commissions, and receives moro
than one carte blanche during the year.
After oil, first-class paste diamond is 40
good as any, II you do not know the diff.
ference, and must confess that many Of
us do not.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28
In the Queen's Kitchen.

In Queen Victoria's kitchen there ID .
bookkeeper to give orders to grocers, pro-
vision and other dealers; four clerks to aid
him in his work, q chief cook, four master
cooks, two yeomen of the kitchen, two as
sistant cooks, two roasting cooks, four scour-
ers, three kitchen maids, store keeper, two
green Office men, two steam apparatus
men, first and second yeomen Of CONNECTION
cry, an apprentice. three female assistants,
assistants, . baker, an assistant and three
.coffee-room women. There II an extensive
wine cellar, superintended by man of large
salary, and an army of officers engaged In
ya.ious departments suggestive Of eating and
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28

"Where shall we go this summer, dearf'
asked Mrs. Flyaway. "Well, let's see'' re-
piled her husband, "last winter we got me-
laria in Florida?" "Yes, and the alligators
got your pointer dog" "And the preceding
summer we got the rheumatism in the
mountainsf "We did, and the bears got
my little Skye terrier.' "And the
summer before that we went to
mosquitoes and the landlordP" s'Yes."
"And the summer before that, we went into
the country and the children were laid up
all summer with ivy poison?" II remem-
ber." "Well, If felt as strong as used to,
I'd like first rate to take vacation this sum-
es snd snd asd fpa eo OF ,aaa aad ;
Let's stay home and rest this year."-Bxr-
detts IN Brooklyn EaQis.
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The Trials Of : LaaAlsr6.

Summer Tourist to landlordeDs yua =,
low dogs in your hotelf u
Landlord-Yes, sir; bring al the - ~
want to. - ~.
Summer Tourist-ru have 70 70 tdSop
where else. Ican't stand dogs. -, ~
Another Summer Tourist-Do yes 1D9
the place. ~
Tourist-l'm sorry. Ny wife has -
that she thinks more Of than she doQ e s.
New York Eus.
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Had % A1ck Aat0 WIZ uaFo voo6
"Sambo! You internal sooundreai Vhuo
are your !
ibid you call. massaf'' Z
ibid callf OIL no. was IN v11t1
ing 70 myself Where azs thsss okc
why, masss you to,s me 49, ~
NJ. w:.r. ss.Is s'1'ss;scs'y 3 = -. !. - ~ -
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90 far from homo to find people as
singular, in many respects, as those
brought into notice by stanley, Wolff or
Grenfell.
There are, In the heart Of South
America, vast regions ~ unknown
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Before many years, In the natural
cc.lrse Of events, the Conibo nation viii
exist only in the books Of explorations
and the tcsyli, on its way to the ocean
Win pass the graves OF nation which
once crimsoned its waves with the bloc.
Of slaughtered tribes.
Such, In brief, are the strange psopl.
described st length BY n. nsrcoy. Thei,
nsds up Of = word. Or taken se boldly 9 from ths
~. e q s.S sSs, sses s., ss
~. Z z ioy .SS IIS butt but liz % do.s " pO' .,
prevest than from sharing With ths
sssdy, b hs friend or stranger, IL iasi
norcsI q tursis Or ths ~ cuncs Of
9oaksg nsas u The hut
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tcsDvr'sassa. issu.l

HIS eOmeWnot eccen.
trio globe Of ours car.
ries with It through
space scores Of strange
lands and myriads Of
stranger people. Re-
cent explorations in
the Congo basin have
resulted in the dis
covery Of wild tribes
hitherto unknown to
the civilized world;
but we need not 70
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STAR OF THE MAGI.
THE BRIGHT CELESTIAL HERALD
OF THE sAvrOUR,s BIRTH.

Astronomical Facts Upon which the Tra-
dition Rests-The Star which Tycho
Brahs Discovered and 1ts Outbursts Of
Radiance-what 10 Known About IL.
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An instance Of princely fortune missed
forms paragraph in the history of the late
Sheldon Pease. In lSlS he planned and
caused to be built for the propeller Oneida,
then on the stocks at Cleveland, the first
horizontal tubular boiler used In America.
This same boiler, without any essential inn
provements, II now In use all over Americs
and Europe. A patent placed ON his inven.
ton would have yielded Mr.. Pease millions
Of dollars in royalty.-BEGslo Ezprsss.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28

From the Eye-socket Of . Hindoo God to
the sceptre Of the Csar--From . Slaves
Leg TO the HIT Of Napoleon's Sword
History Of Some Of the Most Noted Jewels.
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Ignorant Foreignsr-You have agEicul
turSl fairs IN this country, hear.
American Farmer-Yss; every fAn. I'm
gettin' reedy for the next one now.
I. R-Rather early b make selections a
agricultural ihir ex6jhls, l shoulA hncy.
a. 4 s-sS '.' - ;ss:s; - . re- 1 81 xAil' =
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LIFE AMONG THE coNiB0 INDrAND
or SOUTH AMERICA.

1As1r Curlsus Dress aad straass Social
Usases-Clsvsr worhen IN Pottery:
Bsnaiag the Bsw with Their Feet when
shooting Arrows-Monksys - Psts.
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peaz9 Qnsen, yenka ~ AnDdlna
se 6 !I!E s,,:. =. - - !. D D.:l:...s1
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-12
Modern Alchemys

The Pacific railway commission finds a
rich field of discovery and is getting some
very interesting evidence. 1t turns out
that Jay Gould made over three million
dollars by the consolidation Of the Union
Pacific and Kansas Pacific railway, which
profit should have gone to the railway. l,
was done in characteristic way and by the
alchemist's power Of turning water into
gold, which these big Wall street pluckers
have. A lot of worthless securities, cost.
ing Gould about an eighth of their pal
value, were traded at par by him for stocl
Of the consolidated road which was worth
its par value in the market. This consOli
dated stock was made for the purpose, BY
the simple process Of voting an increase o
the capital, the voting being done by The
fellows who were to get it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-12

A WRITER In Scribner's Magazine tells
some very interesting stories about earth.
quAkes and the weather, which rather tend
to revive our respect for the slmanscs OF our
grandiathsra
Down In Central America, where earth.
quakes are frequent, the people have learned
to connect them with peculiar hszy appear.
ance Of the atmosphere, and 1t 10 quite com.
mon thing before IN earthquake to hear the
natives observing, alt is earthquake
weather." Scientific men have given this
matter some attention, but 1t seems . little
strange that the weather bureau has not
made some use Of this peculiar warning OF
coming shakes. The coast Of Italy and
France, the valleys of the Appenines, were
enveloped in this peculiar haze for several
days before the earthquake, and 1t has been
mentioned in connection with the Charleston
CONFUSION. One theory accounts for 1t on
the supposition that cracks In the ocean bed
have admitted great volumes OF water into
the molten internal department. of the earth,
and that the haze is caused by the steam e.
Gaping through countless minute assures in
the rocks along the coast 1t Ia said that the
waters of the Mediterranean fell considera-
bly, just before the earthquake, and that the
Genoese fishing fleet ct once put out to seA,
fearing some trouble Of the kind. surely
signs that are 20 easily interpreted by ignor.
ant fishermen should be made use of by
scientific weather bureauA
But this writer appears to think that after
all there II vast amount OF reckless guess.
Ing done BY the weather. wise men in Wash.
iugton, and he says that the farmer who fol.
lows series OF we'll devised rules about the
weather, such - slmanacs give, IL often -
near right - the man who pins his faith to
Old Probabilities. A cyclone, after following
. certain curve for many hundred miles,
may suddenly shoot OH at tangent without
apparent CAUSE Storm clouds may gather
far away and sweep down upon . drought
stricken region only to ssil calmly over the
parched fields and pour their torrents OF rain
on country that does not need them.
There are plenty Of things going on In the
sky that nobody can find out and almost
anyone can guess about the weather with q
fair chance OF guessing right.